from an editorial of Yomiuri

括弧内はThe Daily Yomiuriの英訳。
日本橋の再生：都市景観復活のモデルになる
Resurrection of Nihonbashi: It will become a model for city landscape restorations.
（Nihonbashi revival plan bridge to brighter future)

巨額の費用をどうまかなうののか。それが東京・日本橋一帯の景観復活の鍵となろう。
How to cover its huge cost. This will become a key factor of the project that the landscape around the Nihonbashi district in Tokyo should be reserrected.
(What can be done to raise the huge amount of funds needed to carry out a project to transfer a section of an expressway built over the revered Nihonbashi bridge in central Tokyo? The answer to this question will determine whether a cityscape disfigured by building an elevated highway in the Nihonbashi area about four decades ago can spring to life again.)

首都の顔とも言える日本橋地区の再生手法を検討してきた有識者会議が、最終報告をまとめた。小泉首相の指示で議論を始め、首相の任期切れ直前に結論を出した。
The expert panel, which has been discussing how to resurrect the landscape of Nihonbashi,which might be said as the face of the capital of Japan, has recently compiled its final report. The panel began its discussion by the prime minister's order ,and has worked out the conclusion shortly before the prime minister's term comes to an end.
(On Friday,a committee of experts studying ways to revitalize the Nihonbashi area,a symbolic icon of the nation's capital, submitted a final report on the project.The committee started discussions on the matter under the instruction of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in late 2005. Friday's submission of the report means the council formed a final conclusion on the project just days before the prime minister steps down.)

from today's Nikkei

基準地価　３大都市圏１６年ぶり上昇　全国平均２．４％下落
都区部、全地点で上昇　１９年ぶり　
表で、２０６年基準地価の変動率
It is learned that according to the results of the standard land prices surveyed as of July1,2006, the land prices in the three metropolitan areas rose in a 16-year interval, while the national average decreasaed 2.4%.In the ward areas of Tokyo, in all the spot surveyed there was rises,for the first time in 19 years.

in a table,
Standard Land Prices in 2006

サハリン２　工事承認取り消し　ＬＮＧ日本輸出に遅れも
In Sakhalin-2 project, the approval of the construction has recently cancelled by the Russian autority. There has occured a possibility that the exports of LNG(Liquified Natural Gas) from there to Japan will be delayed.

2006年度有料企業ランキング本社調査　武田、２年ぶり首位に
In the 2006 excellent company rankings conducted by The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd topped its list after a 2-yeay interval.

固定電話網の全国維持費　ＩＰ電話活用し抑制　固定基本料　都市部で下げ検討
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications intends to curb the cost for maintaining the universal service of the fixed telephone networks, making use of the IP telephone. Meanwhile, the ministry is deliberating on the plan of reducing the fixed monthly chatges for the fixed telephone subscribers in the urban city areas.